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Extend your USB cables beyond 5 metres. USB signals normally won't travel more than 5 metres along a normal USB cable, due to signal degradation. Sometimes you might want to use a USB device, such as a camera, that is more than 5 metres away from the computer. This problem can be solved in two different ways:

1. A USB cable extender booster (see image).

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2. A USB extension over ethernet cable, which requires two adapters, and an ethernet cable between the two adapters.   thesource (378)
 
 


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Collections of free portable applications are available which you can download onto your USB memory stick, and which do just about everything. These are great for travellers. One such suite of apps is called "Portableapps" and another is "Liberkey".   thesource (378)

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Make a USB flash drive into a Windows recovery disk. Search online for ways to copy a bootable version of Linux, or other operating system, onto your flash drive, which will give you a platform from which you can attempt to fix a failed system disk.   thesource (378)

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USB3 ports are a lot faster than USB2, and also provide more power than USB2. An SSD inside a 3.5" external disk drive enclosure can be connected to a USB3 port through a single USB cable, and it will run almost as fast as an SSD connected inside your computer.   thesource (378)
 
 


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